Two-Step Word Problems
Solve one- and two-step word problems within 100 using addition and subtraction, with unknowns in all positions
Lesson
Set out your lesson
“Two-Step Word Problems means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
Bring to the table
- 20 counters
- Paper and pencil
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Start with 12 counters, remove 4, 8 remain. Write 12 − 4 = 8.
Optional challenge. For Two-Step Word Problems, add one harder example after success.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: examples tried; results; support used. This session samples Two-Step Word Problems, not mastery.
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Learning resources
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Illustrative Mathematics · Practice link — not the full lesson
A Pencil and a Sticker
Before you open · source notes
A genuine two-step story: find a sticker price 20 cents below a 59-cent pencil, then add the two prices. US cents vocabulary; an adult may read the prompt.
Free, no sign-in. A teacher solution is on the same page, so use the student view with your child.
Before you openAsk the learner to say both steps before combining the prices. Do not read the page solution aloud. This does not cover every two-step type.
Opening this link does not save learning or assess mastery.
Source, access and review notes
Public Illustrative Mathematics task page. The .html address responds HTTP 308 to this URL. An anonymous GET of this URL on 2026-11-10 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt. Where a teacher solution is present, it is on the same page as the student task; this check did not find a separate locked student view. An adult can use the student view section and should not read a solution aloud. Advertising was not observed in the fetched HTML text; that is not a browser, device, or ad-free guarantee. This is a paper or discussion task, not an automatically marked interactive game. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. Diagrams on the page use missing or filename-only alt text, so they are not an accessible image equivalent. Accessibility still depends on an adult describing the picture.
Illustrative Mathematics. “A Pencil and a Sticker.” Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. External task; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute it.
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Check understanding
- Solve a two-step word problem involving adding to and taking from
- Represent a word problem with an equation using a symbol for the unknown
- Solve comparison problems (how many more/fewer) within 100
“If a word problem says 'Sam had 78 stickers, gave some away, and now has 45 — how many did he give away?', can your child work out which operation to use and find the answer?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Addition & Subtraction
- Age range
- Ages 7–12
Standards